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Old 09-13-2022, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Force One
Something something doomed to repeat it.

Of course somewhere around half of our pilots were not here for this history and probably do not know the whole story about how the last round of negotiations truly were conducted by management. (Bad faith would be putting it mildly)
And the one before that, and the one before that. Some things never change.
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Old 09-13-2022, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by dualinput
And like I said he got out in 2012.

All I’m saying is we need to lose the “better than my regional” attitude and the beat down attitude of “well I spent 15 years at xyz and got beat down so I’m thankful for the scraps spirit gives me”.

Spirit wants you to think you should take less for some QOL myth. They want you to think if you got hired without a college degree that you wouldn’t have been hired at a legacy and should be happy to be here. They want you to think if you spent an eternity at a regional or some third rate cargo outfit that you should be thankful for whatever they want to offer and anything more would be greedy bc you know it could be worse.

This JCBA should and will be legacy+. We are not less than no matter what our backgrounds are and they need this contract!
Did you not come and stay here because it was better than your last gig? If not then why DID you come?

Your narrative is tired. Not one FO I’ve ever flown with has ever said anything along the lines of ‘oh I love it here so much I don’t wanna make more, because I came from less’

They are NOT mutually exclusive .you can really enjoy working here AND want/expect more. The fact is you came here making less than your are
today.. and then because you wanna fire people up, you throw shade at people for doing exactly what you did , and continue to do so by showing up for work everyday.

it really irks people like you that many of us like working here. And it is indeed much better than any of my previous jobs. And for many of us who experienced the 2000s this job has given us a QOL of pay we couldn’t dream while we clawing our way up. It’s about perspective.

Due to the macro Environment, attrition, and
upcoming merger. Spirit will pay more. Period. The union email even states the company has agreed to expedited negotiations. That says a lot.

But your narrative that we are malnourished indentured slaves is So dumb. This is a good job that needs too and will pay more. Fight for more or leave. Period. But its more than ok for
people to come here AND enjoy it …even if
That doesn’t make you happy
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Old 09-13-2022, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by dualinput
And like I said he got out in 2012.

All I’m saying is we need to lose the “better than my regional” attitude and the beat down attitude of “well I spent 15 years at xyz and got beat down so I’m thankful for the scraps spirit gives me”.

Spirit wants you to think you should take less for some QOL myth. They want you to think if you got hired without a college degree that you wouldn’t have been hired at a legacy and should be happy to be here. They want you to think if you spent an eternity at a regional or some third rate cargo outfit that you should be thankful for whatever they want to offer and anything more would be greedy bc you know it could be worse.

This JCBA should and will be legacy+. We are not less than no matter what our backgrounds are and they need this contract!
I haven’t heard “better than my regional” in quite some time. Most seem to be aware that they are now making less than their regional counterparts and voting with their feet.
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Old 09-13-2022, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by FlyGuy2002
Did you not come and stay here because it was better than your last gig? If not then why DID you come?

Your narrative is tired. Not one FO I’ve ever flown with has ever said anything along the lines of ‘oh I love it here so much I don’t wanna make more, because I came from less’

They are NOT mutually exclusive .you can really enjoy working here AND want/expect more. The fact is you came here making less than your are
today.. and then because you wanna fire people up, you throw shade at people for doing exactly what you did , and continue to do so by showing up for work everyday.

it really irks people like you that many of us like working here. And it is indeed much better than any of my previous jobs. And for many of us who experienced the 2000s this job has given us a QOL of pay we couldn’t dream while we clawing our way up. It’s about perspective.

Due to the macro Environment, attrition, and
upcoming merger. Spirit will pay more. Period. The union email even states the company has agreed to expedited negotiations. That says a lot.

But your narrative that we are malnourished indentured slaves is So dumb. This is a good job that needs too and will pay more. Fight for more or leave. Period. But its more than ok for
people to come here AND enjoy it …even if
That doesn’t make you happy
Well said. 👍🏻
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Old 09-13-2022, 08:53 PM
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Old 09-14-2022, 05:29 AM
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There is no reason to go to a ULCC anymore… If management doesn’t throw money at us in a major hurry they’re going to gut this place from the inside out with no way to rebuild. The new regional pay scales should keep them up at night if they want to exist in the future.
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Old 09-14-2022, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by AllOva736
There is no reason to go to a ULCC anymore… If management doesn’t throw money at us in a major hurry they’re going to gut this place from the inside out with no way to rebuild. The new regional pay scales should keep them up at night if they want to exist in the future.

When will the attrition reports start showing folks leaving for the regionals? Surely there are some year 1 folks considering it.


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Old 09-14-2022, 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by W6TRP
When will the attrition reports start showing folks leaving for the regionals? Surely there are some year 1 folks considering it.


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We are still waiting on the attrition email for August correct? I haven’t seen anything.
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Old 09-14-2022, 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by W6TRP
When will the attrition reports start showing folks leaving for the regionals? Surely there are some year 1 folks considering it.


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During my short run at Spirit I will say that QOL is light years ahead of a regional. Comfortable cockpit, 1 - 3 legs a day, longer overnights, awesome hotels in awesome locations, etc. Definitely worth leaving a regional for.......up until a few months ago. Now all that nice stuff is not worth leaving for ultra-low training and first year pay along with second and third year pay that is now pathetic when compared to most Regionals.

First year folks may want to consider taking advantage of the language in some of their Regional contracts that allows them to come back and get their old sonority number back within one year of resignation as long as they left for a U.S. carrier that flys aircraft over XXX gross weight or xxx passengers and they left in good standing.
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Old 09-14-2022, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by FahQ2
The numbers from a union rep were more like 8 CA and 44 FO.

600-something hired YTD
350 ish attrition
Some retirements/deaths/training failures
250 ish net gain.
The August numbers were a bit off because it wasn’t a full month, rather a 30 day look back, but still close. So August was 15 captains and 27 FOs resignations, with another 7 lost for training reasons.

YTD total was almost exactly what I quoted
649 hired
296 quit + 54 training/other
299 net gain

We’ve basically sent a hundred pilots to each of the big 3 and a smattering to other companies per the breakdown.
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